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Justin is on page 332 of 347 of The Rust Programming Language
I'm finding it helpful to write the code from short term memory. Once I run the code and the errors happen I know where to pay attention. Using that the book is now advancing at an easy pace. Cargo is a very intuitive, and powerful program. Rust has an excellent mechanism for keeping code dependencies uniform and simple to share.
Jul 15, 2019 03:27PM Add a comment
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Justin
Justin is on page 251 of 347 of The Rust Programming Language
Finally, a recap chapter! The test chapter was very straightforward, but easy. How motivating to make a real terminal app.
Jul 01, 2019 03:02PM Add a comment
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Justin
Justin is on page 226 of 347 of The Rust Programming Language
The material is very difficult here for how abstract it is. Generics represent any type, but can be constrained. Trait bounds specify behavior regardless of generic parameters or not and can specify default values. That's fine, but the combination of both and lifetimes by itself make this the hardest chapter so far.

We are admonished to practice and make predictions in advance of code review.
Jun 29, 2019 09:59AM Add a comment
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Justin
Justin is 29% done with The Rust Programming Language
The material is building on previous work with enums and match expressions. Match expressions seem very useful for avoiding redundant code and ensuring every case is covered.
Jun 22, 2019 12:49PM Add a comment
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Justin is 26% done with The Rust Programming Language
How do you review the material? Is the practice structured like on Project Euler or more free-flow like on Code Wars?
Jun 08, 2019 01:28PM Add a comment
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Justin
Justin is 24% done with The Rust Programming Language
Happily, I find there are example problems to work out. I assumed that they would either be in the end of chapters or not be. The problems are just not as formally structured as most textbooks.
Jun 03, 2019 04:30AM Add a comment
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Justin is 22% done with The Rust Programming Language
Indeed, enums and match expressions seem to be a remarkably useful feature of Rust. Because enums are exhaustive code changes to a custom type, like some enums, allow the compiler to do much of the hard work of tracking where code changes are needed.
May 28, 2019 04:10AM Add a comment
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Justin is 19% done with Learn Java the Easy Way: A Hands-On Introduction to Programming
Though it's seldom discussed in technical books today, I find it helpful to use a concept called active recall to learn without exercises. Just pause a moment, or turn the page before attempting to write the example code. Writing variations thereof also helps. The thing to avoid is simply a copy and paste challenge which is simply a waste of time.
May 25, 2019 04:41AM Add a comment
Learn Java the Easy Way: A Hands-On Introduction to Programming

Justin
Justin is 16% done with The Rust Programming Language
Here is my first complaint of the book. There are some exercises in the book, but it's not consistent. The exercises don't have canonical solutions provided in the book, I'm not aware of a Github reference to such code, and most chapters don't have challenging exercises.
May 11, 2019 09:45AM Add a comment
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Justin
Justin is on page 92 of 347 of The Rust Programming Language
I love this book! It so far has no GUI based instructions so there are no problems or deviations across OSs unfortunately unlike the other books int he Humble Bundle. It has a moderate pace, and clear instructions as well.

I'm definitely drinking the cool aid. I hope Rust gradually replaces languages that are inferior in syntax, documentation, and community like C++.

It's JavaScript programmer approved.
May 03, 2019 04:27AM Add a comment
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Justin
Justin is on page 141 of 312 of Learn Java the Easy Way: A Hands-On Introduction to Programming
The GUI - UGH! Why do GUI editors never work? Why do tutorials rely so much on GUI editors? These are the great metaphysical questions.

I will have to try loading the code from GitHub to see how my *auto-generated* code failed to allow the Window Builder to show any components, properties, or anything really.
Apr 18, 2019 04:29AM Add a comment
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Justin is on page 53 of 352 of Understanding Ecmascript 6: The Definitive Guide for JavaScript Developers
I'm a frequent visitor of the MDN, but I still find this useful. The MDN didn't explain the significance of a code points and char codes regarding unicode support, for instance. The discussion about the TDZ I imagine will be useful in my work as well.
Apr 15, 2019 08:30AM Add a comment
Understanding Ecmascript 6: The Definitive Guide for JavaScript Developers

Justin
Justin is on page 60 of 347 of The Rust Programming Language
Everything is very straightforward so far. Rust seems to deliver on its promise of being a language friendly to JavaScript programmers like myself. Its tooling is breath of fresh air. The documentation is excellent in addition to this well-written book.

I don't know if this will directly land me in a better career position in a few years, but I will wager my time that this will help. I wish I had started earlier.
Apr 12, 2019 04:33AM Add a comment
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Justin is on page 33 of 392 of Practical SQL: A Beginner's Guide to Storytelling with Data
That ends the introduction.

If you use Linux, you are admonished to try to install pgadmin as part of a package. This didn't work for me so far. If I try to proceed with the exercises on the command line I'll update my opinion of the book.

My first impression is that it doesn't accommodate Linux sufficiently but is otherwise very straightforward.
Apr 11, 2019 03:35AM Add a comment
Practical SQL: A Beginner's Guide to Storytelling with Data

Justin
Justin is on page 138 of 312 of Learn Java the Easy Way: A Hands-On Introduction to Programming
My guilty pleasure is that I'm enjoying what feels like a programming book for children. I just made a trivial GUI app in a few lines of code on a Java REPL, which I didn't know existed 10 minutes ago, so to speak.
Apr 10, 2019 03:32AM Add a comment
Learn Java the Easy Way: A Hands-On Introduction to Programming

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Justin is on page 121 of 312 of Learn Java the Easy Way: A Hands-On Introduction to Programming
So far the book assumes you know next to nothing of programming let alone the syntax of C-based languages like Java, so it's a bit of a slow start for an experienced programmer.

The exercises are smoothly increasing in complexity, which is one of the most important qualities in a book to learn another language.

The instructions to setup the programming environment worked flawlessly.
Apr 08, 2019 03:57AM Add a comment
Learn Java the Easy Way: A Hands-On Introduction to Programming

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Justin is on page 113 of 1136 of C# 6.0 In A Nutshell: The Definitive Reference
The detail is overall astonishing. There are effectively no exercises, but practice is encouraged.
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C# 6.0 In A Nutshell: The Definitive Reference

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Justin is on page 416 of 504 of SQL (Visual QuickStart Guide)
The author saved the best for the last.
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